That was a good suggestion Jacque. Ihad posted my old tutorial prior to reading the MSDN page so between the 2 documents the process might be pretty clear. My problem was that the SMSE was not overly accessible with Windoweyes but it works as described. Later: Rick USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacques Bosch To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:28 PM Subject: Re: sql Question Ataching mdf file Check out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190209.aspx#SSMSProcedure On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Mesut <mesut.kokalan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I'm using microsoft sql server installed with microsoft visual studio 2008. And I'm working on projects that must profit from Northwind database samples collection. But I can't atach the database file northwnd.mdf to sql server. How can I do? I'd be glad. -- Jacques Bosch Software Architecture and Development Independent Contractor Cell: +27 824711807 Fax: +27 86 504 4726 E-Mail: jfbosch@xxxxxxxxx